FNUS75 KPIH 221127
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR BALD...SOUTH IDAHO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
527 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1605 MDT ON OCTOBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MID-LEVEL CLOUDS WILL REMAIN OVER THE BURN AREA
THIS MORNING BEFORE GIVING WAY TO CLEARING SKIES THIS AFTERNOON
AS A MODEST RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ALONG THE PAC COAST. A
WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT MAY INHIBIT OR REDUCE THE NORMAL UPVALLEY
FLOW WITHIN THE WOOD RIVER DRAINAGE WHILE A MODEST INCREASE IN
THE FLOW ALOFT LATE TONIGHT MAY HELP TO ENHANCE THE NORMAL
DOWNVALLEY FLOW.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX/IGNITION TIME 53.
RH..................MIN/IGNITION TIME 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 GUSTING TO 15
                    MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING TO AROUND 6 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 10000 MSL THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    INCREASING TO AROUND 10 WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......SURFACE INVERSION/THERMAL BELT FORMING UP TO
                    6400 MSL (NEAR THE BURN ELEVATION) WITH THE
                    MIXING HEIGHT ABOVE THAT LEVEL FALLING TO
                    8200 MSL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HUSTON
REQUESTED BY...BRANDON BROWN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091022.BALD_.02/PIH